We offer the following undergraduate degrees:

BXA Intercollege Degree Program: A four-year interdisciplinary degree program between architecture and another college.(BXA degrees are not accredited professional degrees; therefore, they do not meet the educational requirement for professional architecture licensure.)

Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (BHA)

Bachelor of Science and the Arts (BSA)

Bachelor of Computer Science and the Arts (BCSA)

Our admission process: an overview

A joint admission committee consisting of both the Office of Admission and the School of Architecture evaluates the qualifications of architecture applicants. Undergraduate application to the School of Architecture is a two-part process:

Apply to the university through theOffice of Undergraduate Admissionusing the Common Application. The university's admission office receives and evaluates all materials submitted as part of the Common Application to Carnegie Mellon University and the School of Architecture. University admission requirements can be found on the Office of Admission website, here.

Continue your application to the School of Architecture by submitting the Architecture Portfolio using cmu.SlideRoom.com. Details about the submission and review of the portfolio submission can be found within the Architecture section of the College of Fine Arts Admission website, here.

The School of Architecture admission committee will review your portfolio submission along with the application materials already received and evaluated by the Office of Admission committee.

To be offered admission to a BXA Intercollege Degree Program with an interest in architecture, you must be admitted to both the School of Architecture and the other college represented by the "X": Computer Science (CS), Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences (H), or the Mellon College of Science (S). If you are interested in the BXA Intercollege Degree Programs, please visit the Office of Undergraduate Admission website to learn more about their admission process, here.

Start by beginning the Common Application. Identify Carnegie Mellon University as one of "My Colleges." Once you indicate that you are applying to CMU, you will automatically be directed to additional CMU-specific questions. This is also where you will indicate the School of Architecture as the undergraduate program to which you are applying by selecting: a) College - "College of Fine Arts" and b) Department/School - "School of Architecture."

About your Architecture Portfolio submission

As a School of Architecture applicant, you must submit the Architecture Portfolio by uploading your work to Carnegie Mellon’s secure SlideRoom portal by the submission deadline of January 15 for Regular Decision and Transfer (or November 1 for Early Decision). Only portfolios submitted to SlideRoom will be reviewed; physical portfolios will not be accepted. Please review our portfolio guidelines.

Presenting Your Architecture Portfolio in Person

After you have submitted your application to Carnegie Mellon, you can schedule a formal On-Campus Review of your Architecture Portfolio submission before the registration deadline of January 1 for Regular Decision and Transfer (or November 1 for Early Decision). On-Campus Reviews are scheduled on specific dates and are conducted only on the Carnegie Mellon campus. They are not required but are strongly recommended. An On-Campus Review enables you to meet with a member of our faculty for a fifteen-minute interview, engage with current students, and tour our facilities. To arrange an On-Campus Review, you must register for a Fine Arts Architecture Review online, here.

Dates and deadlines to remember

August 2017 –Common Application available. Select the School of Architecture as the program(s) to which you intend to apply. Indicate whether you will be applying for Early Decision, Regular Decision, or Transfer.

September 2017 – Carnegie Mellon Supplement available. Continue your application by reviewing and submitting the additional application materials required for your application to the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University.

October 2017 – cmu.SlideRoom.com available. Select the School of Architecture portal in SlideRoom to upload your creative work for the Architecture Portfolio.

For questions about the School of Architecture, the Architecture Portfolio submission, or the architecture On-Campus Reviews, please contact the school's Assistant Director of Studio-Based Programs, Alexis McCune Secosky, at amccune@andrew.cmu.edu.